31.   But those at the clinic said its loss would only make a bad situation worse.

32.   But the president has done little to give cover to the advocates of censure, and on several recent occasions, he has made a bad situation worse.

33.   But U.S. officials seemed to decide that anything they might say would only make a bad situation worse.

34.   By making every problem its problem, the United Nations often makes the situation worse.

35.   Clear Lake is now a foot over flood stage, and more rain today is expected to make a bad situation worse.

36.   Corporate consolidations and partnership dissolutions made the situation worse.

37.   Currency turmoil and slowing economies in Southeast Asia will make a bad situation worse for Japan, and that could hurt U.S. exporters, analysts say.

38.   FBI agents in Montana also are not making the situation worse by harassing the anti-tax militants day and night with military helicopters, tanks and loudspeakers.

39.   Generally it breeds anger in others, making a bad situation worse.